Loretta Tallantyre

Loretta Tallantyre died from a mysterious cause in Shotley Bridge Hospital.

It was reported that specialists worked for three days to save her life and that following her death they sent a report to the police.

She was a part-time cabaret singer and had been due to have made a TV appearance soon afterwards. She was noted as having previously appeared with Lee Lawrence and other stars.

She as the mother of four children and had been pregnant at the time of her death with her fifth baby.

She had lived in South Stanley and had married ten years earlier. Her husband had been a factory worker.

Her husband said, 'I did not know she was expecting a baby. She told me nothing about it. She was a perfect wife and mother. She adored children. I don't think the prospect of having another baby would worry her. She loved to work for them, even made all their clothes herself. The police have interviewed all the family about the death, but we haven’t been able to help them. I couldn't even tell them if my wife had been taking anything special. The whole thing is a mystery'.

Loretta Tallantyre's sister said, 'This tragedy came when she was doing very well in her part-time career'.